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Tuesday, 26 February 2013

Invitation to Craft – Easter

Easter is my favourite holiday.... chocolate, shiny foil, bunnies and little fluffy chicks... what a fabulous combination! I have been collecting easter-themed bits and pieces for a few weeks – some little chickens, bunny toothpicks and easter themed patty pans. The one thing that has been lacking is the inspiration for what to do with all this Easter cuteness. My brain feels tired, overwhelmed and out of ideas at the moment.

I decided that I would set it all up as an Invitation to craft (I love the invitation to play set-ups over at The Imagination Tree and Learn with Play@home). I laid out all the materials on our outdoor table, this is what I included:

Patterned paper

Scissors

String

Pipecleaners

Container of pva glue with some pink paint added and a paintbrush

2 sets of easter chicks

Easter-themed patty pans

Bunny toothpicks

Gluesticks

Milk bottle tops

Way too much stuff really.... sometimes I go overboard. Not everything got used. The most popular items were the coloured pva glue, bottle tops, little chicks and bunny toothpicks. Boo asked for some pink playdough to go with it so we whipped up a batch together (based on this recipe, except I added vanilla oil instead of peppermint).

The kids created – combining bits and pieces together, dipping the string in the glue, making little seats for the chicks. It didn't really matter what they ended up making it was more important just to have fun and experiment.

Oh Miss Ali, this looks so cute - and not just any ordinary cute, the fluffy kind of cute, the it-so-fluffy-I-think-I'm-going-to-die sort of cute. LOL. You get my gist. I particularly love the pink PVA glue. Clever! I'll be featuring your post as part of my Easter for Kids roundup from the Weekly Kids' Co-op. Thanks for sharing. xoxo P

Hi I'm Ali, a Mum to two gorgeous girls – Cakey (5) and Boo (3). My kids love paper, paint, glue, glitter, playdough, mud, sticky tape and anything that makes a big mess! I am a crafty type person too and together we love to make things. This blog deals with the activities we do to make the day more fun.Read more here